IV PREFACE. 



folios were foUowed by the ' Histoire Naturelle des 

 Oiseaux de FAmérique septentrionale^ (1807). In 1816 

 he produced tlie présent 'Analyse d^ine nouvelle Orni- 

 thologie élémentaire/ the main features o£ whicli had 

 beeUj lie says, communicated in 1813 to the ' Memorie 

 délia R. Accademia di Torino/ and^ in fact^ the receipt 

 of a paper of this nature is acknowlcdged under date 

 of the lOth January, 1814^ but it does not appear to 

 hâve been published there ; on the contrary it is said to 

 hâve been pushed forward in haste, in order to anticipate 

 the publication of some of Cuvier's works. The main 

 principles of classification adopted by Vieillot are applied 

 by him in his portion of the ' Nouveau Dictionnaire 

 d^Histoire Naturelle^ (1816-1819), although some appear 

 to hâve been modified^ in conséquence, perhaps, of the 

 criticisms passed upon the ' Analyse ' by Temminck. In 

 1820 Vieillot undertook the continuation of the ' Tableau 

 encyclopédique et méthodique des trois Règnes de la 

 Nature/ commenced by Bonnaterre in 1790; and in 1821 

 he began the issue of the ' Faune française/ which was 

 left unfinished in 1828. In addition to this, in conjunc- 

 tion with P. L. Oudart, he published the 'Galerie des 

 Oiseaux' in two volumes. It is believed tliat this prolific 

 author died at Rouen, in 1831, in comparative poverty. 



In the présent reprint of the ' Analyse,' the original 

 errors of the press, which are tolerably nuraerous, hâve 

 been faithfuUy reproduced. 



HOWARD SAUNDERS. 



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 4th Decem"ber, 1883. 



